By Associate Professor Amy Kathleen Peacock

Book Chapters

Droste N; Pennay A; Peacock A; Miller P, 2020, 'Alcohol mixed with energy drinks and intoxication', in Cultures of Intoxication Key Issues and Debates, pp. 111 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35284-4_6

Peacock A; Hall W; Degenhardt L, 2019, 'Epidemiology of substance use internationally', in Sloboda Z; Petras H; Robertson E; Hingson R (ed.), Prevention of Substance Use, Springer, pp. 19 - 36, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00627-3_2

Journal articles

Sutherland R; Steele M; Rodgers C; Silins E; Gilliver R; Peacock A; Barratt M; Ezard N; Siefried KJ; Page R; Bruno R; Read P, 2025, 'Characteristics of take-home fentanyl test strip use and support for drug checking services among people who use heroin in Australia: learnings for an increasingly complex drug market', Harm Reduction Journal, 22, pp. 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01205-z

Price O; Webb P; Grebely J; Peacock A; Medland N; Read P; Cooke E; Hickman M; Vickerman P; Degenhardt L, 2025, 'Sexually transmitted infection prevalence and testing coverage among people who inject drugs: A systematic review', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112732

Man N; Akhurst J; Price O; Chrzanowska A; Sutherland R; Dietze PM; Bruno R; Degenhardt L; Yuen WS; Moran L; Tierney L; Peacock A, 2025, 'Changes in Drug-Induced Hospitalisations and Deaths During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia.', Drug Alcohol Rev, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.14088

Keygan J; Willoughby B; Bruno R; Barratt MJ; Peacock A, 2025, 'Risk communication about high-dose MDMA: Impact of a hypothetical drug alert on future MDMA use', Drug and Alcohol Review, 44, pp. 1169 - 1181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.14037

Price O; Maher L; Peacock A; Zolala F; Degenhardt L; Dietze P; Larney S; Agramunt S; Colledge-Frisby S; Mathers B; Lewer D; Sutherland R, 2025, 'Changing age profile and incidence of injecting drug use initiation among people in Australia who inject drugs: evidence from two national repeated cross-sectional studies', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101548

Wheeler A; Masters J; Pradhan A; Roth JM; Degenhardt L; Dore GJ; Matthews GV; Cunningham EB; Peacock A; Colledge-Frisby S; Grebely J; Hajarizadeh B; Martinello M, 2025, 'Prevalence of Injection-Related Bacterial and Fungal Infection Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf108

Darke S; Peacock A; Duflou JA; Farrell M; Lappin J, 2025, 'Methylphenidate and (lis)dexamfetamine toxicity-related deaths of adults, Australia, 2000–24: analysis of NCIS data', Medical Journal of Australia, 222, pp. 259 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52604

Clifford B; Peacock A; Siefried KJ; Gobeil J; Smith JL; Ezard N, 2025, 'Responding to reports of nitazene toxicity in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 222, pp. 216 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52605

Bharat C; Hopkins RE; Chambers M; Degenhardt L; Peacock A; Farrell M; Yuen WS; Man N; Gisev N, 2025, 'Age, period, and cohort trends of substance poisoning, alcohol-related disease, and suicide deaths in Australia, 1980–2019', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 60, pp. 693 - 703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-024-02749-4

Darke S; Duflou J; Chrzanowska A; Farrell M; Lappin J; Peacock A, 2025, 'Changes in the rates and characteristics of gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)-related death in Australia, 2001–2023', Drug and Alcohol Review, 44, pp. 366 - 375, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13940

Darke S; Duflou J; Peacock A; Lim J; Havard A; Farrell M; Lappin J, 2025, 'Characteristics of deaths related to lithium toxicity in Australia, 2000–2024', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251336037

Coney L; Peacock A; van der Gouwe D; Smit-Rigter L; Hutten N; Ventura M; Quesada A; Barratt MJ, 2025, 'Comparison of strength and adulteration between illicit drugs obtained from cryptomarkets versus off-line', Addiction, 120, pp. 128 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16665

Wardle F; Piatkowski T; Clifford S; Peacock A; Dietze P; Lim M; Douglass C; Hill P; Moore S; Miller M; Brett J; Wright CJC, 2025, 'Safe beats down under: investigating the support of drug checking at a regional festival in the Northern Territory, Australia', Drugs Education Prevention and Policy, 32, pp. 211 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2330938

Price O; Lewer D; Peacock A; Maher L; Zolala F; Degenhardt L; Larney S; Agramunt S; Dietze P; Colledge-Frisby S; Scott N; Wilson J; Sutherland R, 2025, 'Population Aging and Apparent Decline in Initiation of Injecting Drug Use in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 267, pp. 111591 - 111591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111591

Darke S; Duflou J; Farrell M; Lappin J; Peacock A, 2024, 'Emergence of deaths due to nitazene toxicity in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 2093 - 2094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13920

Akhurst J; Price O; Sutherland R; Gibbs D; Dietze P; Bruno R; Agramunt S; Colledge-Frisby S; Lenton S; Salom C; Thomas N; Peacock A, 2024, 'Naloxone cascade of care among people who regularly inject drugs in Australia, 2020–2022', International Journal of Drug Policy, 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104572

Price O; Machalek DA; Sutherland R; Gibbs D; Colledge-Frisby S; Read P; Peacock A, 2024, 'Coverage of cervical cancer prevention interventions among people in Australia who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104566

Darke S; Duflou J; McDonald S; Peacock A; Farrell M; Lappin J, 2024, 'Neuropathology of deaths due to acute alcohol toxicity in Australia, 2011–2022', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111407

Darke S; Duflou J; Peacock A; Farrell M; Hall W; Lappin J, 2024, 'A retrospective study of the characteristics and toxicology of cases of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)- and psilocybin-related death in Australia', Addiction, 119, pp. 1564 - 1571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16518

Sutherland R; Peacock A; Crawford S; Holly C; Gava P; Dicka J; Manu G; Byrne J, 2024, 'Information acquisition and dissemination among a sample of people who inject drugs in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1104 - 1111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13765

Sutherland R; King C; Karlsson A; Treloar C; Broady T; Chandrasena U; Salom C; Dietze P; Peacock A, 2024, 'Stigma, and factors associated with experiencing stigma, while visiting health-care services among samples of people who use illegal drugs in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1264 - 1279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13846

Webb P; Ireland J; Colledge-Frisby S; Peacock A; Leung J; Vickerman P; Farrell M; Hickman M; Grebely J; Degenhardt L, 2024, 'Patterns of drug use among people who inject drugs: A global systematic review and meta-analysis', International Journal of Drug Policy, 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104455

Black N; Noghrehchi F; Yuen WS; Aiken A; Clare PJ; Chan G; Kypri K; McBride N; Bruno R; Slade T; Boland V; Mattick R; Peacock A, 2024, 'Transitions to polysubstance use: Prospective cohort study of adolescents in Australia', Addiction, 119, pp. 1100 - 1110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16468

Darke S; Duflou J; Peacock A; Chrzanowska A; Yuen WS; Farrell M; Lappin J, 2024, 'Characteristics, toxicology and major organ pathology of deaths due to acute alcohol toxicity in Australia, 2011–2022', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 937 - 945, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13817

Price O; Swanton R; Grebely J; Hajarizadeh B; Webb P; Peacock A; Dore GJ; Cowie BC; Vickerman P; Degenhardt L, 2024, 'Vaccination coverage among people who inject drugs: A systematic review', International Journal of Drug Policy, 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104382

Price O; Dietze P; Maher L; Dore GJ; Sutherland R; Salom C; Bruno R; Crawford S; Degenhardt L; Larney S; Peacock A, 2024, 'High COVID-19 vaccine uptake following initial hesitancy among people in Australia who inject drugs', Vaccine, 42, pp. 2877 - 2885, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.051

Darke S; Duflou J; Peacock A; Farrell M; Lappin J, 2024, 'A descriptive coronial study of heroin toxicity deaths in Australia, 2020–2022: Characteristics, toxicology and survival times', Addiction, 119, pp. 559 - 569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16377

Coney L; Peacock A; Malm A; Munksgaard R; Aldridge J; Ferris JA; Maier LJ; Winstock AR; Barratt MJ, 2024, 'The relationship between cryptomarket drug purchase, social networks and adverse drug events: A cross-sectional study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104258

Darke S; Duflou J; Peacock A; Farrell M; Lappin J, 2024, 'Differences in heroin overdose deaths in Australia by age, 2020-2022: Disease and estimated survival times', DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE REPORTS, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100217

Gibbs D; King C; Hughes C; Peacock A; Grigg J; Yuen WS; Sutherland R, 2023, 'Comparing police use of drug detection dogs amongst injecting and non-injecting groups of people who regularly use drugs in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104223

Sutherland R; Man N; Brown J; Cairns R; Raubenheimer J; Grigg J; Dawson A; Jamshidi N; Peacock A, 2023, 'Has there been an increase in nitrous oxide use and associated harms in Australia? An analysis of triangulated data sources, 2003–2020', International Journal of Drug Policy, 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104178

Bharat C; Webb P; Wilkinson Z; McKetin R; Grebely J; Farrell M; Holland A; Hickman M; Tran LT; Clark B; Peacock A; Darke S; Li JH; Degenhardt L, 2023, 'Agreement between self-reported illicit drug use and biological samples: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Addiction, 118, pp. 1624 - 1648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16200

Leung J; Chiu V; Man N; Yuen WS; Dobbins T; Dunlop A; Gisev N; Hall W; Larney S; Pearson SA; Degenhardt L; Peacock A; Peacock A, 2023, 'All-cause and cause-specific mortality in individuals with an alcohol-related emergency or hospital inpatient presentation: A retrospective data linkage cohort study', Addiction, 118, pp. 1751 - 1762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16218

Grigg J; Peacock A; Lenton S; Salom C; Agramunt S; Thomas N; Lyons T; Sutherland R, 2023, 'Real or fake? Sourcing and marketing of non-prescribed benzodiazepines amongst two samples of people who regularly use illicit drugs in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1559 - 1565, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13722

Price O; Maher L; Dietze PM; Bruno R; Crawford S; Sutherland R; Salom C; Dore GJ; Peacock A, 2023, 'COVID-19 vaccine attitudes and facilitators among people in Australia who inject drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1066 - 1077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13621

Degenhardt L; Webb P; Colledge-Frisby S; Ireland J; Wheeler A; Ottaviano S; Willing A; Kairouz A; Cunningham EB; Hajarizadeh B; Leung J; Tran LT; Price O; Peacock A; Vickerman P; Farrell M; Dore GJ; Hickman M; Grebely J, 2023, 'Epidemiology of injecting drug use, prevalence of injecting-related harm, and exposure to behavioural and environmental risks among people who inject drugs: a systematic review', Lancet Global Health, 11, pp. e659 - e672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00057-8

Colledge-Frisby S; Ottaviano S; Webb P; Grebely J; Wheeler A; Cunningham EB; Hajarizadeh B; Leung J; Peacock A; Vickerman P; Farrell M; Dore GJ; Hickman M; Degenhardt L, 2023, 'Global coverage of interventions to prevent and manage drug-related harms among people who inject drugs: a systematic review', Lancet Global Health, 11, pp. e673 - e683, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00058-X

Yuen WS; Peacock A; Man N; Callinan S; Slade T; Farrell M; Mattick R; Livingston M; Peacock A, 2023, 'Age, period and cohort effects on alcohol-related risky behaviours in Australia from 2001 to 2016', Addiction, 118, pp. 438 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16061

Darke S; Duflou J; Peacock A; Farrell M; Lappin J, 2023, 'Characteristics and circumstances of cocaine-related completed suicide in Australia, 2000–2021', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109803

Darke S; Duflou J; Peacock A; Chrzanowska A; Farrell M; Lappin J, 2023, 'Clinical characteristics of fatal cocaine toxicity in Australia, 2000–2021', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 582 - 591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13581

Price O; Man N; Sutherland R; Bruno R; Dietze P; Salom C; Agramunt S; Grigg J; Degenhardt L; Peacock A, 2023, 'Disruption to Australian heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy markets with the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions', International Journal of Drug Policy, 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.103976

Gibbs D; Peacock A; Hughes C; Grigg J; Chandrasena U; Sutherland R, 2023, 'Encounters with police drug detection dogs at music festivals amongst people who regularly use ecstasy and/or other illicit stimulants in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 555 - 560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13601

Upton E; Clare PJ; Aiken A; Boland VC; Torres CD; Bruno R; Hutchinson D; Kypri K; Mattick R; McBride N; Peacock A; De Torres CI; Peacock A, 2023, 'Changes in mental health and help-seeking among young Australian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study', Psychological Medicine, 53, pp. 687 - 695, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291721001963

Darke S; Duflou J; Peacock A; Chrzanowska A; Farrell M; Lappin J, 2023, 'Rates, characteristics and toxicology of cocaine-related deaths in Australia, 2000–2021', Addiction, 118, pp. 297 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16055

Darke S; Zahra E; Duflou J; Peacock A; Farrell M; Lappin J, 2023, 'Characteristics and circumstances of volatile solvent misuse-related death in Australia, 2000–2021', Clinical Toxicology, 61, pp. 260 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2023.2184243

Price O; Sutherland R; Man N; Bruno R; Dietze P; Salom C; Akhurst J; Peacock A, 2023, 'Trends and psychosocial correlates of same day polysubstance use among people who inject drugs in Australia, 2012-2022', International Journal of Drug Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104150

Yuen WS; Leung J; Man N; Chiu V; Gisev N; Livingston M; Degenhardt L; Farrell M; Pearson SA; Dobbins T; Dunlop A; Mattick RP; Peacock A; Peacock A, 2022, 'Age at first alcohol-related hospital separation or emergency department presentation and rate of re-admission: A retrospective data linkage cohort of young Australians', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 1577 - 1588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13529

Marsden J; Brown J; Clark L; Cousijn J; Hall W; Hickman M; Holmes J; Humphreys K; Jackson SE; Peacock A; Tucker J, 2022, 'The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on addictive disorders—an update', Addiction, 117, pp. 2762 - 2766, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16033

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